Hidden Charms (Willie Dixon album)
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| Hidden Charms | ||||
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| Released | 1988 | |||
| Studio | Ocean Way, Hollywood | |||
| Genre | Blues | |||
| Label | Bug/Capitol | |||
| Producer | T Bone Burnett | |||
| Willie Dixon chronology | ||||
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Hidden Charms is a blues album by Willie Dixon, released in 1988 on Bug/Capitol Records.[1][2] It won a 1989 Grammy Award.[3]
The album was produced by T Bone Burnett.[4] The band was made up of Cash McCall and Burnett on guitars, Sugar Blue on harmonica, Red Callender on bass, Lafayette Leake on piano, and Earl Palmer on drums.[5] "Study War No More" was cowritten by Dixon's grandson.[6]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Orlando Sentinel | [5] |
| The Philadelphia Inquirer | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the band is excellent - rootsy and tough but not overpowering - and, while Dixon's hardly a mesmerizing singer, his gruff grandfatherly voice has a plaintive soulfullness that suits his more recent songs."[9] The Kingston Whig-Standard wrote that "Leake's unique playing is alone worth the price of the album."[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide called the album "a solid if unspectacular outing."[4] Paste deemed it "a collection of overlooked Dixon gems."[11]